[resolved] Selecting multiple images to insert into post (9 posts)

I'm not sure if this is actually an issue or whether the functionality has just been changed slightly. Apologies in advance, if the latter.

When inserting images into your page you can no longer simply click multiple images to select them. You need hold down CMD/CTRL to select multiple images. In RC2, if you wanted to insert multiple images at once (not a gallery), you could simply click on each image to select them and then click 'insert into post'.

(just to clarify, this is not inserting a galllery. That works fine. This is just when you want to 'insert into post')

miqrogroove
Why can I only select one image in Insert Media, but if I select multiple images in Create Gallery and then return to Insert Media, now there are multiple images selected?

MarkJaquith
miqrogroove: (a) You can select multiple images using Cmd/Ctrl/Shift, to insert multiples. (b) the selections are shared between, in case you took the wrong path.

miqrogroove
MarkJaquith: I never would have figured out the Ctrl/Shift thing if you hadn't told me.

nacin
miqrogroove: hidden feature.

MarkJaquith
miqrogroove: that's fine. It's a new feature.

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I personally would consider this a regression, as anyone on a touch UI would be unable to select multiple as they can't really hold down a key while clicking. And I'd rather keep the ability to select multiples, if possible.

I personally would consider this a regression, as anyone on a touch UI would be unable to select multiple as they can't really hold down a key while clicking. And I'd rather keep the ability to select multiples, if possible.

Multi-select-and-insert is a hidden feature that is new to 3.5. Users using an iPad can do single-select-and-insert.

The gallery view still offer a different form of multi-select as that is the primary workflow there.

I just noticed this behavior as a change from previous builds. It mimics OS behavior that has existed for a long time, but there's nothing obvious on the screen to tell common non-geeks that the ability exists.

I like the idea of not having to do the Cmd/Ctrl/Shift/whatever, and making process one of a single click or tap to toggle the selection. It's more obvious, I think, and my mom could do it. As it stands now, without an indicator that multi-select is available via modifier keys, she wouldn't figure it out in a million years.

If you're just selecting an image to go into a post, not a gallery, now that I think about it, I like the status quo better. How many people would click one, then try to click something else to change their selection and get frustrated that the previous one didn't clear?